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RECREATION. 



rapidly acquired by those whose one 

 thought will be immediate returns from a 

 system of lumbering utterly reckless and 

 ruinous from any other point of view; and 

 in a few years, unless Congress acts in the 

 matter, this forest will be a thing of the 

 past. Many rivers rise in these mountains, 

 and the same causes which will destroy 

 the forests will work irreparable injury to 

 the sources of the water supply. 



The land is held in large areas, settlers 

 are few, and a comparatively large park 

 could be secured at much less than 

 its value to the nation. It is confi- 

 dently asserted that no forest reserve of 

 the country, with possibly one exception, 

 would yield a larger return to the Govern- 

 ment. As the Government is now about 

 to test : ethods of scientific forestry 

 it would seem that no better place could 

 be found for the institution, on a govern- 

 mental scale, of forestry operations ; and 

 because of the fine climate, summer and 

 winter alike, it would be the only forest 

 reserve of the country where such opera- 

 tions could be carried on uninterruptedly 

 throughout the year. Such a park would 

 mean the sure preservation of our Eastern 

 game birds and animals, and would be a 

 mecca of delight toward which many 

 t-housands of health and pleasure seekers 

 would annually set their faces. 



BOOKS FOR A RANCHMAN. 



A young forester far away from libraries 

 writes for suggestions in reference to 

 books. I suggest the following: 



First, good reference books and dic- 

 tionaries — Webster's International Dic- 

 tionary; Rand, McNally & Co.'s Atlas 

 (latest edition; costs about $7.50); Bailey's 

 Encyclopedia of Horticulture (first volume 

 is ready) ; a French Dictionary, Spiers and 

 Surenne; a German Dictionary, Grieb; a 

 Spanish Dictionary, Seaone; a good Arith- 

 metic, Lubsen; a good book on book- 

 keeping. 



"Game Birds of the U. S.," by Elliot. 



"Antelope and Deer of America," by 

 Caton. 



"Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting," 

 by W. T. Hornaday. 



"The Big Game of North America," by 

 G. O. Shields. 



The American Lumberman, a weekly 

 journal, published in Chicago. 



The Forester, official organ of the Amer- 

 ican Forestry Association, Corcoran Build- 

 ing. Washington, D. C. 



The Scientific American, New York. 



Reports of the U. S. Division of For- 

 estry, Washington, D. C. 



Schlich's "Manual of Forestry." 



A good book on surveying and road 

 construction. 



Britton and Brown's "Illustrated Manual 

 of Botany." 



Reports of the U. S. Fish Commission, 

 Washington, D. C. 



"Studies in Forestry," by Nisbet. 



"Forest Protection," by Nisbet. 



If you read French you should subscribe 

 for Revue des Eaux et Forets, Paris, 

 France. 



If you read German you should sub- 

 scribe for Zeitschrift fur Forst iind Jagd- 

 wesen, Julius Springer, Berlin, Germany, 

 or Allegemeine Forst und Jadgzeitung, 

 Frankfort-on-the-Main. 



The best German books on silviculture 

 are Gaver's "Der Waldbau" and Fisch- 

 bach's "Lehrbuch." 



To become acquainted with forest con- 

 ditions in the United States he should se- 

 cure through a Senator or Congressman 

 Document No. 181, 55th Congress, 3d ses- 

 sion, which is a full reference book of over 

 400 pages on all phases of the subject. 



He should also try to secure as many 

 publications of U. S. Division of Forestry, 

 Dept. of Agriculture, at Washington, 

 D. C, as possible, by corresponding with 

 that Division. 



The American Lumberman, Chicago, 

 will give him an insight into market con- 

 ditions. 



He should have Schlich's "Manual of 

 Forestry," the only comprehensive text- 

 book in the English language, and Lovey's 

 "Handbuch der Forstwissenschaft, Tubin- 

 gen," in 3 volumes, or Fischbach's "Lehr- 

 buch der Forstwissenschaft," in one vol- 

 ume, which is excellent. 



This list could be enlarged considerably, 

 but will answer for a good beginning. 



ENGLISH WALNUTS IN NEW YORK. 



Seeing the letter of inquiry of F. P. 

 Zacheile in regard to nut culture and the 

 answer in March number of Recreation 

 leads me to give my personal experience 

 with the English walnut in Western New 

 York. There are several varieties of the 

 English walnut, or, strictly speaking, the 

 Persian nut, the home of this nut being 

 the same as that of the peach and apricot, 

 Western Asia. The walnut was taken into 

 Greece, by the Greeks into Rome, and by 

 the Romans throughout Continental Eu- 

 rope, reaching England about 1562. This 

 nut in its travels through various nations 

 has had many names. The Greeks called it 

 "The Royal Nut"; the Romans, "Jupiter," 

 or "Nut of the Gods"; and the English, 

 "Walnut," meaning foreign nut. There is 

 record of a single tree being sold in Eng- 

 land for $3,000, to be used for gun stocks, 

 as the wood has a beautiful grain. 



In extremely cold weather in this sec- 

 tion of the State fruit trees are damaged by 

 freezing, but I have never had one of my 



